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The American Broadcasting Company began televising professional football in 1948 with a game of the week format. That same year, ABC broadcast the NFL Championship Game between the Chicago Cardinals and Philadelphia Eagles.
Howard Cosell, Keith Jackson, and Don Meredith anchored the first broadcast from the booth when ABC launched Monday Night Football on the 21st of September 1970. Frank Gifford replaced Jackson in 1971 to form the iconic trio that defined the show.
During the 8th of December 1980 game between the Miami Dolphins and New England Patriots, Cosell broke news that John Lennon had been shot and killed. This moment stunned a nationwide audience watching live.
Howard Cosell made a comment about wide receiver Alvin Garrett calling him a little monkey during the 5th of September 1983 Monday Night Football game between the Dallas Cowboys and Washington Redskins. The remark ignited a racial controversy that laid groundwork for his eventual departure from Monday Night Football at the end of 1983.
Super Bowl XL in 2006 became ABC's final NFL broadcast under their original contract. It was the first Super Bowl where every aspect of the game itself aired in HD.
For the 2024 season, ABC aired eighteen total games including twelve regular season simulcasts and three exclusive broadcasts. They scheduled seventeen games for the 2025 season with thirteen regular season simulcasts and two exclusive games.